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“We don’t want to run out of water”: tackling the UK’s drought problem
As we face increased flooding and heatwaves, investment in our water infrastructure is urgently needed.
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Toxic lead pipes are yet another instance of water companies’ environmental insolvency
Privatisation has led to the fleecing of customers.
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Public ownership of water is the only realistic option
Profit-hungry companies will never share the costs of adapting to climate change fairly.
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Exclusive: UK water companies have failed to replace three million toxic lead pipes
Exposure to lead over time, even at lower levels, can cause damage to the brain and nervous system in children.
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“We need water companies that are fit for purpose”: the CEO of Ofwat on regulating England’s polluted rivers
After a decade at Ofwat, David Black remains optimistic that the industry can somehow be encouraged to stop pumping sewage…
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“I put 7,000 oysters in the skip”: the fishing industry fights for survival in polluted waters
With sewage spilled into waters around the UK hundreds of times a day, one shellfish producer says the industry is…
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Sewage map shows potentially illegal “dry spills”
An investigation by the campaigning charity Surfers Against Sewage has identified sewage dumping even when there’s been no rain.
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Did Tory MPs really vote to dump raw sewage in Britain’s rivers and seas?
Not quite, but their government is responsible for our polluted waterways.
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How much raw sewage is being released into the sea?
As the rain returns to drought-parched England and Wales, so has the sewage.
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Why even Tory voters want to nationalise energy
We’ve reached the privatisation tipping point.
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How utility companies have become public enemy number one
The cost-of-living crisis has fed a nationwide desire to bring energy companies back into public ownership.
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Britain’s hosepipe bans are nothing next to global water shortages
Britons face severe water-use restrictions, but the consequences of drought, from the US to China, are far worse.
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How does the UK’s beach water quality compare with Europe?
The quality of swimming water at Britain’s beaches and rivers is among the worst in Europe.
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